For more than 30 years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has not updated minimum insurance requirements for trucks and buses. Congress passed the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 which requires that general freight carriers have minimum insurance coverage of only $750,000. With the rise of medical costs, $750,000
What is bladder cancer worth to a jury these days? Last month a Philadelphia jury awarded $2.3 million to a 74-year-old plaintiff who had his bladder removed after taking Actos for diabetes when he developed cancer. Two weeks ago the same case was back in court. This time it was
Don’t be a nice guy After an accident people have feelings that make them behave in a way that can hurt their case. Some people feel bad for the other person involved in the accident. They feel bad they are causing them to get a ticket. The other person will
After handling thousands of automobile accident cases, I notice the same issues continue to plague my clients. Some are controllable. Some aren’t. Here are my top issues! 1. Was the injured person wearing a seat belt? No juror likes when the injured victim doesn’t wear a seat belt. If you
The holidays are coming up and many of us will be traveling to see friends and families. AAA estimates that during the Christmas and New Year’s season, roughly 95 million Americans hit the road. Whenever there are more cars on the road, the chances of accidents increase. That’s why it’s
As a personal injury attorney, I represent clients that are seriously injured by another. These injuries can be caused by either an intentional tort or by negligence. However, there are HUGE differences between these types of cases and the collectability (amount of recovery available) of them. There are seven recognized
Punitive damages! Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) just crossed the reckless threshold! That is a huge win for us! It is also the third multimillion-dollar win for the TVM trial teams throughout the USA. Last week a West Virginia jury found Boston Scientific guilty of “gross negligence” in the third trial win
My daughter is a freshman in college and one of the first courses she took is called Cognitive Science. This class is an amazing assortment of lessons on why the brain acts, behaves, perceives and reacts to different stimuli. One of the first lessons was on motion-induced blindness. It explains
Every year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (HIS) comes out with a rating of children’s car seats. Thursday, they released the Booster Seat Evaluations for 2014. There was a pleasant surprise, there are a lot of booster seats on their “Best Bet” list. Another good deed was the additional
One Billion Dollars! No, I’m not pretending to be the Austin Powers villain Doctor Evil! I’m amazed at the damages just one metal-on-metal hip can cause. Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, which uses the trade name Stryker Orthopaedics, agreed on November 3, 2014, to pay more than $1 billion in damages to
